PROCESS OF THE TEACHING SPEAKING IN POWER SPEAKING PROGRAM AT “GAMA ENGLISH COURSE”
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education
in English Department
by
PUTRI ROMADANI A320120150
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURAKARTA
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PROCESS OF THE TEACHING SPEAKING IN POWER SPEAKING PROGRAM AT “GAMA ENGLISH COURSE”
Abstrak
Penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kualitatif mengenai pembelajaran ketrampilan Berbicara. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mendiskripsikan tujuan pembelajaran program kelas Power Speaking di Gama English Course, materi pembelajaran dan langkah-langkah pembelajarannya. Data dalam penelitian ini adalah catatan tulisan yang terdiri atas proses pembelajaran dan pengajaran di tiga cabang Gama English Course, interview dengan guru dan pemilik dari Gama English Course, silabus yang terdiri atas dokumen di tiga cabang
Gama English Course. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah
observasi, interview, dan analisis dokumen. Ada empat langkah yang dipakai untuk menganalisis data, yakni: reduksi data, pengkodean, dan kesimpulan. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa (1) ada dua tujuan pembelajaran di program kelas Power Speaking di
Gama English Course, yakni: untuk membuat siswa merasa nyaman dalam berbicara bahasa
Inggris, dan untuk membuat siswa menarik perhatian orang-orang yang ada disekitarnya, (2) materi yang diajarkan di program kelas Power Speaking di Gama English Course berfokus pada aspek tata bahasa, yang dilihat dari beberapa materi yang ditulis didalam silabus yang sebagian besar dijelaskan tentang tenses, adjective clause, gerund, infinitive, causative,
preference, dll. (3) langkah-langkah pembelajaran yang ada di program kelas Power
Speaking di Gama English Course terdiri dari tiga langkah, yakni: pre-teaching (opening,
and reviewing), while teaching (teaching, and practicing), and post-teaching(check students
speaking ability, and closing).
Kata kunci: pengajaran berbicara, tujuan pembelajaran, materi, langkah-langkah pembelajaran, dan kualitas pengajar.
Abstract
This article describes the result of a study in teaching speaking. The objectives of this study were to describe the process of teaching speaking in Power Speaking program at Gama English Course. The data were field note consisting of the teaching and the learning process in three branches of Gama English Course, interview with the owner of Gama English Course and teacher in three branches of Gama English Course, and syllabus consisting of the documents in three branches of Gama English Course. The techniques for collecting data in this study were observation, interview, and document. There were four steps in analyzing data, namely rereading, coding, tabulating, and drawing conclusion. The results of the study showed that (1) there were two learning objectives in Power Speaking program at Gama English Course, namely: to make the students feel comfortable in speaking English and to make students have attractive speaking ability; (2) the materials taught in Power Speaking program at Gama English Course were dominated by grammatical aspects. It can be seen from the materials written in syllabus which mostly explained tenses, adjective clause, gerund, infinitive, causative, preference, etc; (3) the teaching procedures in Power Speaking program at Gama English Course consisted of three stages, namely: pre-teaching (opening, and reviewing), while teaching (teaching, and practicing), and post-teaching (check students speaking ability, and closing).
2 1. INTRODUCTION
English is used in many aspects of life such as economics, business, arts, politics,
education, etc. In Indonesia, English is learnt starting from Elementary School until Senior
High School. However, some kinder gardens introduce English to their students. To master
English one must be good at listening, writing, reading, and speaking skill. For Indonesian,
particularly students who study English in formal school, speaking is considered as a difficult
skill compared to others. This is because what is read and what is written is mostly different.
In this case, mastering pronunciation plays an important role in speaking skill.
Realizing the demand of mastering English in Indonesia, many people invest their
money building private English courses. One of the English courses found in Central Java is
GEC. It was built on June 01st,1993, and now has 12 branches in Surakarta surroundings.
The main office of GEC is at Slamet Riyadi Street No. 149, Kartasura. Gama English Course
offers 4 programs in 3 levels. First is regular program. This program is offered for those who
want to study about general English. Second is SPC program. It is offered for those who want
to master English conversation. Third is TOEFL program. It is offered for those who want to
study about TOEFL and to get the certificate. The last program is Power Speaking. This
program is designed for those who want to master English speaking.
Among the four programs offered by GEC, the most popular one is Power Speaking
program. Most students enrolled in this program are Senior and Junior High School students.
Based on the phenomenon above the objectives of the current study are to describe
the learning objectives; the materials; and the teaching procedures used in Power Speaking
program at Gama English Course.
2. RESEARCH METHOD
The type of research is descriptive qualitative research in which the main purpose is
to describe the process of teaching speaking in Power Speaking program at Gama English
Course.
The object of the article in this research is Power Speaking program in the process of
teaching speaking at Gama English Course. The main office of Gama English Course is at
Slamet Riyadi Street No. 149, Kartasura.
This article used three techniques for collecting data, namely: observation,
interview, and document. Ian and Richard (2001) define observation as very direct method
which provides the researcher with close contact with the subject, behaviors, or events being
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employed to collect the data concerning with the teaching procedures of Power Speaking
program at Gama English Course. According to Ian and Richard (2001), interview in research
usually occurs when the researcher decides that the researcher question requires in- depth
information and that the data collected from a small number of informants will satisfy the
demands of the research project in terms of reliability and validity. Document involves
collecting data from document and other materials. The document in this study was employed
to collect the data concerning with the material of Power Speaking program at Gama English
Course.
According to Moleong (2006: 280) data analysis is a process to organize and sort the
data into patterns, categories, and a description of the basic unit. The themes can be found
and working hypothesis can be formulated as suggested by the data. There were 4 steps in
analyzing the data in this study: (1) rereading the transcribed data of teaching and learning
process, (2) coding the data based on process of teaching speaking according to
Richards and Rodgers theory, (3) presenting the data in the form of table and chart, (4)
drawing conclusion based on the coded data in the table and chart developed in step 3.
3. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
This section presents the results of the article. It elaborates the English teaching and
learning process in Power Speaking program namely: learning objective, the materials, and
teaching procedures.
3.1Learning Objectives of Power Speaking Program at Gama English Course
Based on the interview with the owner of Gama English Course, there is no written document
of the learning objectives of Gama English Course. This is confirmed by the owner of Gama
English Course, who stated that the students:
“Seseorang dikatakan dia master of English speaking itu bila dia mencapai dua target utama, yang pertama ketika mereka berbicara bahasa Inggris mereka sendiri menikmati,
nyaman, tenang, dan sudah terbentuk suatu kebiasaan yang sudah sangat nyaman.
Someone is considered as mastering English speaking if they realize two main targets.
First, when they speak English, they must enjoy it, feel comfortable, calm and be a
comfortable habit.
“Yang kedua, pada saat mereka berbicara efek atau pengaruh yang ditimbulkan itu orang -orang yang disekitar dia yang mendengarkan dia itu akan tertarik. Jadi itu dua target yang
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mereka dan itu merupakan suatu hal yang menarik. Inilah untuk mengukur, apakah mereka
berhasil atau tidak”
And when they are speaking English people around them will be interested in their
speaking. So there are two targets that must be achieved if someone is studying in Power
Speaking. Consequently, there is no burden for them and it is an interesting thing. This is
how to measure whether they are successful or no.
There were two learning objectives in Power Speaking program at Gama English
Course, namely; to make the students feel comfortable in speaking English and to make the
students having attractive speaking ability.
3.2The Materials in Power Speaking Program at Gama English Course
Based on the sources of material in Power Speaking program at Gama English
Course namely, interview with the teachers and syllabus, the materials are tenses, gerund,
infinitive, reported speech, subjunctive, adjective clause, etc. It can be seen from the
interview with the teacher as follows:
Teacher C: “bisa pertama dari awal, dimulai dari direct indirect, passive voice, conditional
sentence, adjective clause, terus nanti berakhir ditenses yang ada 12 macam”
It can be started from direct indirect, passive voice, conditional sentence, adjective clause,
then finally 12 tenses.
The materials taught in Power Speaking program at Gama English Course were
dominated by grammatical aspects. It can be seen from the materials written in the syllabus
which mostly explained tenses, adjective clause, gerund, infinitive, reported speech,
causative, preference, etc. The findings of the study indicated that the materials were not
suitable for teaching speaking. Therefore, there is a need to re-examine the curriculum in
Power Speaking program at Gama English Course. In addition, since the teachers in Power
Speaking program at Gama English Course still had insufficient teaching experience, the
provision of English teacher professional development is highly needed to improve the
quality of the outcome.
3.3The Teaching Procedures used in Power Speaking Program at Gama English Course
Based on the observation in Power Speaking program at three branches in three different
levels and branches Gama English Course, the teaching procedures of Gama English Course
consists of three stages, namely: pre-teaching, while teaching, and post-teaching. It can be
seen as follows:
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In this activity, the teacher divided the meeting into two activities: opening and
warming up to practice speaking in several minutes. Warming up was done after or before
they studied in the class.
In this session, the teacher in all branches opened the meeting by praying and greeting
the students. After that the teacher asked the students to prepare the material. For example:
T1 : Before we study, let`s pray together, pray go!
Finish!
Good afternoon?
Students : Good afternoon.
T1 : How are you today?
Students: I`m fine thank you. And you?
T1 : I`m good enough thank you very much.
In this session, before the teacher began to teach the students, the teacher checked
their speaking to know the student`s progress. Sometimes in this session, the teachers gave
students motivation not to be lazy to practice, and to study hard, teacher made jokes, and
reviewed the materials that they studied in the previous meeting. And students also gave a
good response. Although, sometimes they made a chat and jokes each other when teacher
adviced them. For example:
T1 : Kapanpun, kita selalu siap untuk latihan
ngomong bahasa Inggris secara langsung,
meskipun kemarin saya sudah mencoba.
Anytime, we always be ready to practice speaking
English directly, although yesterday I practiced.
Students : (student listen to teacher, and other students make
a chat each others)
Based on the observation, all teachers in three branches applied the teaching and
practicing.
The material was explained by the teacher in the process of teaching. Teacher explained the
material before students did exercise. And teacher taught the material by writing on the white
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T3 : Kalian sudah pernah diajari tentang degree of
comparison?
Have you ever learnt about degree of comparison?
Students : Sudah miss.
Yes, I have miss.
T3 : Berarti kalo saya bilang, air yang paling mahal.
Bahasa Inggrisnya apa?
So, if I say “Air yang paling mahal”. What is it in English?
Students : The most expensive water.
T3 : Kita coba berdialog. Saya akan mengecek bentuk
yes/no question, question passive voice, kemudian
degree of comparison, conditional sentence, dan
semua tenses.
Let`s try to practice dialogue. I will check your
understanding of yes/no question form, question
passive voice, then degree of comparison,
conditional sentence, and all tenses.
After explaining the material, the teacher asked them to do the exercise or practiced in
their speaking skill.
T3 : Saya akan mengecek tensesnya. Saya punya satu
kalimat seperti ini, silahkan ubah kedalam 12
tenses dan beserta nama tensesnya. Saya akan
beri kalian waktu 5 menit, dimulai dari sekarang!
I will check your tenses ability. I have a sentence
like this, please change it into twelve tenses and
complete with tenses` name. I will give five
minutes, it is started from now!
Students : (All students did the exercise soon without any
complains).
T3 : Ok, waktu habis. Tak kasih waktu 2 menit lagi.
Ok, time is over. But I will give more time again
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Students : (Students stopped to write their answer and other
students still write their answer).
T3 : Kalian sudah pernah diajari question tag?
Have you ever learnt question tag?
Students : Sudah.
Yes, I have.
T3 : Saya pengen ngecek kemampuan question tag
kalian. Jadi hari ini, saya akan mengecek semua
materi kalian; question tag, conditional sentence,
and all tenses. Karena kalian sudah hafal materi
tentang yes/no dan WH question.
I want to check your understanding of question
tag. Today, I will check your all materials;
question tag, conditional sentence, and all tenses.
Because you understand about yes/no and WH
question materials.
Students : Langsung jawaban atau ditulis kalimatnya miss?
Just write our answer or write with the sentences
miss?
T3 : Tulis kalimatnya, habis itu langsung ditulis
kalimatnya dibawah itu apa.
Write your answer then write the sentences above.
Sudah selesai?
Have you finished?
Students : Sudah miss.
Yes, I have miss.
T3 : (then teacher checked students answer one by one
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Post teaching is the last activity in teaching learning process. In the class, the activity of
post teachings are checking students speaking ability by explain something and closing. For
example:
In this activity, the teacher asked several students to explain something before they go home.
T2 : Sekarang, saya mau denger explain kalian nih
sebelum pulang.
Now, I want to listen to your explanation before
we go home.
Students : (all students complained).
Female student : Tapi cuma empat dasar kalimat saja, yaa miss?
But only 4 basic sentences, ok miss?
T2 : Ok, kalo explain bagus, kalian boleh pulang
sekarang.
Ok. If your explanation is good, you may go
home now.
In this activity, sometimes teacher closed the meeting by giving advice students or
reminding to learn the materials that they will discuss in the next meeting.
T2 : Before we go home.
Sebelum kita pulang.
Let`s pray together.
Kita berdoa dahulu.
Start now.
Mulai.
Finish!
Selesai!
You may go home guys. Be careful on the way.
Be good!
Students : Be good!
Teaching procedures in Power Speaking program at Gama English Course consisted of
pre-teaching, while teaching, and post-teaching. As the teacher played an important role in
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can be directed to find out what problems faced by the teacher when teaching English in
Power Speaking program at Gama English Course.
Based on the findings and discussion, the future research can be focused on
investigating the effectiveness in Power Speaking program at Gama English Course. This can
be conducted by measuring the satisfaction of the students of Gama English Course. Row
(2003) listed five factors that determine the effectiveness of education institution: (1)
purposeful educational leadership; (2) challenging teaching and high expectations of students;
(3) involvement of and consistency among teachers; (4) a positive and orderly climate; and
(5) frequent evaluation of student progress.
4. CONCLUSION
Based on the research result and discussion, several conclusions can be drawn. First,
there were two learning objectives in Power Speaking at Gama English Course, these being:
to make the students feel comfortable in speaking English and to make the students have
attractive speaking ability. Second, the materials taught in Power Speaking program at Gama
English Course were dominated by grammatical aspects. It can be seen from the materials
written in the syllabus which mostly explained tenses, adjective clause, elliptic sentence,
gerund, conjunction, infinitive, reported speech, subjunctive, causative, preference, etc.
Third, the teaching procedure in Power Speaking program at Gama English Courseconsisted
of three stages, these being: pre-teaching, while teaching, and post-teaching.
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